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Show Income Tax Zoo Prepares Welcome For 3 Kenya Giraffes DESERET NEWS Receipts Up In Utah SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH Tuesday, June 3, 1969 B1 Top Estimates By ROGER PUSEY Deseret News Staff Writer By reticulatThree ed giraffes will be the most appreciated animals at Hogle Zoo after their arrival about June 28 because of the problems and time involved in getting them from Africa. It was about a year ago that Director LaMar Fransworth started the preliminary paperwork necessary to obtain the animals for the zoo. That file has since grown into a stack of correspondence three inches thick. orFarnsworth actually dered the giraffes last September and they were captured in the interior of Kenya, Africa. CHANGE OF DIET They were held in holding pens near where they were captured between one and two months so they could get used to a diet of alfalfa and grain rather than their normal diet of leaves. Upon arrival in Mombassa, Kenya, at a U.S. Department $1.5 Million lorg-necke- of State individual income tux collections for the current fiscal year will exceed $50 million, $1.5 million higher than Gov. Calvin L. Rampton estimated in his budget message to the 1969 Legislature. This was disclosed today in the monthly cumulative tax collection report of the State REDUCED DEFICIT Melburn y raising the sales tax rate. Present individual income tax ccloctions for the 11 months ended May 31 total $51.34 million. A substantial sum will be added during the present month, but from low-bo- y $500,000 y refunds month. mi Zy. W V- Bryan Hunt, left, and Rich Naegli feed two giraffes destined for Hogle Zoo. All of the animals are about 16 months old and already are 11 feet tall. They will be 16 feet tall when full grown. Theyll be housed in the new giraffe building on $100,000 the west of the grounds south To Change Your Name What are the legal processes for changing your name? M.M., Salt Lake City. Petition district court and prove its not to escape creditors or other legal obligations. To make sure such requirements are fully met in your affidavit, retain an attorney. You must also make sure all former agreements and contracts are transferred to your new name. You will be granted a decree from the court entitling you to use the name, which can be any one or ones you choose. This decree makes the change legal in all agreements, contracts and other situations. 0 had subscriptions to two S.L. magazines in Los Angeles and ub'ui she returned to Utah she clipped the address labels and ent in a change of address. But she has not received them. ' an you help? P.B., Fayette. My daughter : missed any copies she will them, too. Owner Has CleanUp Notice and I was under the impression that cleared of weeds and debris. Theres one near us which has weeds, garbage, old rugs and overstuff sets, not to mention mice, bugs and smell. IIow can this be changed? AU of us are up in arms. We have not been able Mrs. D. B., Granger. to find out who onus this property. We live in Granger vacant lots had (o he You have been given the name of the owner of this prop- erty. The Boaid of Health, after Do-- Mans referral, has sent him a notice to clean up the property in the next 10 days. Let Do-I- t Man know if it snt done. It I joined a record club and was supposed to receive some enrollment records and a radio. I havent received them. I have writlcn but no reply. Can you help me? --- B.J.W., Cedar City. Replacement copies of your records and your radio have been ordered. Give them about two weeks to arrive. You also have an apology for the delay. Wrong A Mile Difch-- By ' of Emigration Creek. Only remains to be landscaping completed. Farnsworth said the market value of giraffes is about $6,000 each, but he is paying only $4,500 each as a result of some giraffe trading recently at a zoo directors convention. The director said the reticulated giraffe differs from the Masai because it has a definite pattern of spots while the Masais spots are blotchy and uneven. said much of this is due to the fact that many of the reports were returned to them for more detailed information. The statement sheriff's stemmed from a published report that he is reviewing the report forms used by officers in the field with the intent of making them more detailed. problem, he added. Lake LACK DETAILS Sometimes the detective division,. to which reports are often referred for followup investigation, is hampered by lack of pertinent details, Larson explained. He also commented that some of the matters reported by deputies are so trivial that he does not believe they are of any value to newsmen. However, he said he didnt intend to convey the idea that he would screen them out. They will be available to all news media as in the past, he added. NO CHANGE The sheriff said he had also considered whether to cut down on the number of duplicate copies of reports furnished to newsmen, with the idea that this might save considerable money. However, after further investigation of the matter, he said he has concluded that the saving would be inconsequential. In the past three copies of each report have been furnished. Noting that some deputies have fallen behind in submitting reports. Sheriff Larson are right, the county health dept., did get the wrong ditch, by a mile or more. Another check reveals that your ditch is not to be piped. It is suggested that you and all the Man, petition Rex people who signed the letter to Do-I- t Markay of the S. L. County Flood Control to have this drain Three wigs and a tape recorder were stolen Monday fmm Five State Barber Supply Co., 1726 Major St by thieves who pried open a rear window to gain entrance. The items were valued at $100. See i. DO-I- T MAN on Fage I B-1-0 3 Wigs Stolen A new, more complete re- port form now being drafted would do much to solve this Of C. Urges S.L Action On C. OVER ESTIMATES Sales tax collections for the last 11 months now total $64.96 million. With added sums to be collected during June, this will exceed Ramptons estimate of $65 million for the year. Tax collections for the 11 months which go for support of public schools total $63.87 million, or 4.8 per cent ahead of last year. General fund collections total $76.88 million, or 10.3 per cent ahead of last year. Gasoline tax collections total $24.72 million, or 7.8 per cent ahead of a year ago. All special tax collections by the state for the 11 months total $184.4 million, or 11.5 per cent ahead of a year ago. Development fey JOSEPH T. LIDDELL Deseret News Staff Writer The Salt Lake City Commi-sio- n today was asked to approve a resolution to establish itself as an area redevelopment agency to obtain federal funds for improving downtown Salt Lake City. The city would apply for 50 to 73 per cent of $2.5 million to implement Target Vitality, a project to redevelop and Main Street and beautify Broadway. A Chicago landscape and a r c h i t e c tural designer, Union Wins Salary Hike Some 400 members of the Iron Workers Union, Local 27, have won a wage increase, spread over the next two years. The agreement, between the union and the Associated General Contractors (AGC), was reached Monday afternoon after more than five weeks of $1.35-an-ho- to bargaining, according Horace J. Gunn; AGC manager, and Jack Christenson, Local 27 business agent. The offer was accepted by Doing By JOSEPH LUNDSTROM Deseret News Staff Writer Five experts in law enforcement from five different areas of Utah said Monday drug abuse is inon the crease in the Beehive State. The five men appeared before the Cover nors Committee on Abuse. Drug Members of a s u bcommittee met to hear on testimony the incidence of dr.ug abuse in the state. Appearing before the committee were Lynn Searie, representing the childrens services division of the Utah State Hospital, Provo; Sheriff the union Monday evening, thus removing the threat of a strike which would have tied up most construction in Utah, including Ed Barton, chairman of the newly formed Salt Lake City Public Safety Wotkers (SLCPSW), reportedly said that the two groups would meet separately June 12 to discuss the possibility of a strike against the city. DENY REFORT Commissioner James L. Barker Jr. told fellow commissioners today, however, that union spokesmen denied the report. Nevertheless, all five commissioners took a tough' stance against a strike even if it were camouflaged as a mass sick leave. the Following meeting,' Barker sent a letter to the city's some 600 policemen and firemen notifying them that a strike would not only violate state law. but also would probably nullify their charters which contain clauses. I j SOLID FRONT commissioners agreed that any striker would bepenrmnently dismissed. : In setting up the new organization, with its overtones of militancy, the policemen and firemen complained of being doublecrossed by city officials. To demonstrate their unity, members drew up new wage demands which would give firemen and policemen identical salaries, ranging from SG46 a month for beginners to $778 after five years of service. $.138 TO $676 This contrasts with a range suggested for policemen by Lynn Marsh, t city personnel direefor. Barton said today that the new organization could not be properly called a union. It is more appropriately a coalition committee between police and fire unions. These unions will retain their autonomy once wage negotiations have been settled, he said. DOESNT EXPECT IT The only common thing between fire and policemen is the need for a fair and equitable wage, he added. All were asking for is an average of the salanes paid to employes of 22 cities of comparable size to Salt Lake City, Barton said. Commissioner Barker said earlier he didnt expect a strike. - They think they have been See CITY on Page A 48 PCX. HIGHER County Sheriff Delmar L. Larson emphatically denied today that he intended to review reports of his office and decide which ones to release to news media. Salt they call adequate and fair wages. All five franchise tax Coiporation collections w 11 exceed the governors estimate of $10.7 million, tax officials said. Reports Policy recently about a ditch problem. Yon answered and said it had been cleaned and sprayed and eventually would be piped but meantime it would be kept open for drainage. Thats the wrong ditch. The one we mean is at 2918 Appleton Dr. and it has never been cleaned or drained. Mrs. A. D., Granger, and other residents. We wrote to you You City and county commissions and town boards which have been receiving $1 million annually in stale liquor profits can expect no money next January unless they certify in writing they are willing to spend it for liquor law enforcement. State Auditor Sherman J. Preece sent letters today conveying this warning. In past years, the $1 million has been distributed without any written obligation to spend any for any liquor enforcement. However, SB143 spells out a specific obligation. The new law says that the state money must be used by the local agencies exclusively for programs or projects related to prevention, detection and control of violations of this act and Chapter Six, Title 16 as it relates to storage or consumption of liquor on premises maintained by social clubs, recreational or athletic associations or kiHred associations. A second provision of the law says that the local authority must appropriate an amount or render services having the equivalent value equal to 23 per cent of the amount of funds to which the city, town or county may become entitled to receive for the purposes stated herein. of ), How a problem? Hal 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, or writ to Box 1257, Salt Lak City, Utah 841 10. shes to $1 million in will he made this The income tax collections more than $50 million for this fiscal year compare with $43.3 million collected a year ago, indicating a substantial increase in wages received by Utahns. ' 'y Sheriff CieGrs All fixed up and if NQ ROOM FOR ERROR ON LIQUOR PROFITS NOW $1 MILLION Coombs said this $3.2 mil- - ' lion book deficit now has been slashed to $1 million. The Legislature met the deficit by theyre put in tall crates, they are loaded on a trip to the ship for a U.S. The ship must go around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa because the l , a deficit predicted for July 1, 19G9, will be reduced substantially. Rampton had estimated the deficit at $2.72 million. This was increased to $3.2 million by added appropriations for the fiscal year made by the 19G9 Legislature. After These animals cannot be traded or sold to any zoo that hasnt been approved by the USDA and then only with USr.A approval. Coombs, state tions, and disease. IN TALL CRATES keepers. M. director, predicted budget that because of the income tax increase and other increases in state tax collec- antine station, the animals four were held another months. This is to ensure the animals are free of parasites Suez Canal is closed. At another quarantine station in Clifton, N.J., where they are now, the giraffes are for another 30 quarantined loaddays. The crates will be trailer for a ed' on a five-datrip across the U.S. with a brief stop in Omaha, Neb., so some other animals can be unloaded. 3 MORE COMING Farnsworth originally was to get two reticulated giraffes and two Masai giraffes, but the Masai variety wont arrive until Aug. 1 and then hell get three instead of two. Even after the animals arrive at the zoo, theyll get special attention from the Veiled threats of a strike by a new organization of policemen and fire fighters brought a counter-threa- t by Salt Lake City commissioners today that any such striker would be permanently fired. The strike report emanated f rom a meeting Monday evening at which policemen and fire fighters joined forces to push for what Tax Commission. quar- d Agriculture-approve- By CLARENCE S. BARKER Deseret News Staff Writer highway structures. The new' wage scale was written into the current five-yecontract, expiring July 1, 1971. It had a wage reopener this year. The agreement calls for a ar increase effec- tive June 1 (last Sunday); 25 cents Dec. 1, and June 1, 1970. 70 cents on The tw'o spokesmen said the raise keeps Utah iron worker wages in line with those of Colorado, where a wage settlement was recently made with the same crafts. Present iron worker wages in Utah are $3.25 an hour, with an additional 40 cents an hour in fringe benefits. The workers erect heavy Iron and steel structures and bars for place reinforcing cement. Is Inc., studying the project. The resolution was requested by Salt Lake Area Chamber of Commerce representatives under terms of a redevelopment law passed last month by the Utah Legislature. The statute will become effective in August, but city officials want to proceed with plans in the next 60 days. instructed Commissioners City Atty. Jack L. Crellin to prepare the resolution for approval. This will enable the city to apply for Department of Housing and Urban Development aid. The Chamber of Commerce also requested the commission to pass an ordinance creating a public transit district. The district would operate the bus system which the city has subsidized since last September. The Legislature authorized the district last month by enacting a transit bill. The act becomes law Aug. 9. William Transit Fields, Committee spokesman, said the district at first would coincide with tue city boundary, but could be enlarged to include all of Salt Lake County and other Wasatch Front areas. The bus line now operates from Riverton to the State Capitol. Barton-Asehman- n - $538-$67- 6 , B-- ll authority SECTION City, Regional Comics TV Highlights Financial Sports Obituaries Weather Map Action Ads B 1, 10. 11, 20 2 3 l. 5 6 9 ll 11 11-1- 9 Abuse Qaims, Experts Ira Schoppman of Iron CounTom Freestone, probation ty; office, Juvenile Court, Vernal; Capt. C. C. Whitehead, special investigations, Salt Lake Police Department, and Sgt. Hal Adair, narcotics and vice, Ogden Police Department. from Although testimony each witness varied as to individual areas, each man testified that until two years ago a drug abuse case was rare, but that today it has become common. Each speaker, questions in answering of the committee the staff, stressed he felt drug abuse problem was loot- ed in the home environment. Witnesses continually pointed to disinterested in breakdown communications, family-relate- d contributing t parents, a child-pare- and otner difficulties as factors to the increasing lem. drug abuse prob- Four of the five witnesses said they expected drug traffic to worsen, and one said he believed the problem would perhaps taper off at its present level. The hearing was conducted chairman by subcommittee Judge Paul Keller of Price. The meeting was held in the State Capitol. Subcommittee hearings will continue each Monday, Wednesday and Friday throughout June. Two years ago a drug patient at the State Hospital a kid experimentwas rare ing with drugs. Searie said. Within the past two weeks admitwp have had 14 ea-ted, and most of these are serious, hard core, drug users, he added. Sheriff Schoppman advised I the committee that the drug abuse problem was "much than the more widespread arrests indicate. In 1966 we had no problem at all. Since then, 20 have been arrested in area. One the drug user assaulted and raped an woman, anothbroke into a er, a school and did $3,000 damage to laboratory equipment, the sherilf said. Probation Officer Freestone said it was his belief that drug abuse is in the "early s" i n t he Uintah. Daggett, Duchesne counties area, and that it is appearing tiie 14 to mainly among age gioup. He said publicity in the various media was creating curiosity which was leading youth to experiment with drugs. Capt. Whitehead advised the stage committee that factors leading to drug abuse were the availability of drugs, and that drug use is accepted by the pee( group, which also puts pressure on youth to use drugs. He explained he had a staff assigned to narcotics control, but that about all these men were able to do was concentrate on the sellers and pushers. There will be some increase in the u.se of drugs in the coming months, but it will not be as high as has been predicted, h,e added. Sgt. Adair said there had been 30 drug abuse arrests in Ogden during all of last year, and that there had been 20 during the first five months of this year. The bulk cf the ptoblcm of drug abuse in Ogden is not among the college students at Weoer State, but among the high school students, he said. six-ma- n |